The plug-in Prius would be the first from Toyota to use the powerful lithium-ion battery already used by many of its rivals. The car travels 23.4 kilometers, or 14.5 miles, as an electric vehicle on a single charge before a regular gas-electric hybrid system kicks in. It gets an overall mileage of 57 kilometers a liter, or 134 miles per gallon — exceeding the Prius’s 38 kilometers a liter, according to Toyota.

]]>By: Max Reidhttp://www.hybridcars.com/november-2009-dashboard/#comment-22686
Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:40:47 +0000http://127.0.0.1/wordpress12/?p=6337#comment-22686Well, in this 10 years, not only the hybrid sales have increased, but also the CNG vehicle population has increased from 1 million to 10 million and the flex-fuel vehicles from 1 million to 15 million.

Parellely, the wind and solar energy usage have increased 10 fold. All these alternative sources have complemented one another and Hybrids lead the charge.

Hope the next 10 years will see even bigger development with many more Hybrid models entering the market.

]]>By: Anonymoushttp://www.hybridcars.com/november-2009-dashboard/#comment-22685
Sun, 13 Dec 2009 21:07:25 +0000http://127.0.0.1/wordpress12/?p=6337#comment-22685Max, I agree. Hybrid or not, a guzzler is a guzzler. Toyota (LS600h) and GM (Escalade) alike, stop making vehicles just for the sake of calling them hybrids.
]]>By: Max Reidhttp://www.hybridcars.com/november-2009-dashboard/#comment-22684
Sun, 13 Dec 2009 04:08:32 +0000http://127.0.0.1/wordpress12/?p=6337#comment-22684In Japan, Honda is able to sell around 10,000 Insights evey month. Probably its because Japanese govt is giving some tax rebates on hybrids.

Insight is just taking away the sales of Civic-Hybrid which costs 2K more and its cargo space is much lesser.

Surely Honda should reduce the cost of Insight and that will boost its sales. GM & Ford can also offer a hybrid hatchback the same size as Prius.

GS450h and LS600hL sells very little and Toyota may very well drop those models.

Prius could not sell more as they sell most of the models in Japan itself. Only when the battery supply increases, Toyota could produce more Prius and bring it to USA.

Its good as long as they sell somewhere.
Vue and Aura is gone.

Yes, having sold 1.55 million hybrids in USA is great.
As the gas prices increases, hybrid sales could increase as well.

Its time, automakers drop the gas guzzling hybrids like Tahoe, LS600h etc and concentrate on smaller hybrids like Prius.

]]>By: Anonymoushttp://www.hybridcars.com/november-2009-dashboard/#comment-22683
Sun, 13 Dec 2009 03:31:43 +0000http://127.0.0.1/wordpress12/?p=6337#comment-22683Why is there no vouchers for hybrids ? Give $3000.00 for every hybrid. (30 MPG & UP) And eliminate the sales tax on all hybrid cars. Pay for it by a gas tax/oil import tariff.
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